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Having read this about the depleted uranium:
Kerr Magee had applied to the Nuclear Regulatory Commission to call their waste an "experimental fertilizer" and just spread it over the top of the land.
http://www.metafilter.com/64033/Kerr-Magee-had-applied-to-the-Nuclear-Re...
I'm now wondering if one could have a whole WEEK of drumbeat topics on the failure modes of fission power, what with yesterday's news about the attempted cover up of a reprocessing accident.
(the hits just keep coming folkes!)
Eric--
The link you provided gives absolutely no cite to any application by Kerr-McGee or any information thereon and is instead a rant against use of DU weaponry (now, in fairness, I didn't subscribe as requested so maybe that was why I missed the actual reference). Do you have a cite or link that actually gives information on the alleged application? (If the link given is the extent of the information available, that might be why TOD doesn't devote a whole WEEK to this topic.)
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=kerr-mcgee++experimental+fertilizer...
(And is DU useful enough that governments would have an 'enriched uranium disposal problem' just to get sweet, sweet DU for use? Somehow I doubt it.)
Eric--
Thank you for the link. Since this occurred back in the 80's, it is difficult to know if such an application would even be made in today's political environment (although I have no doubt these companies still own many politicians). And I agree with your implied message that increasing the use of nuclear is not the answer to our energy problems. As you recognize, we still have not figured out the waste issues (and probably never will), so creating more radioactive waste by building more nuke plants so we can continue the our current unsustainable lifestyle is moronic.
we can continue the our current unsustainable lifestyle
The 1`st step in system analysis is to look at the limits and understand what, if anything, can be done to address these limits.
I've yet to see the "Ohhh, lets build fission plants!" pimpers talk about other limits, let alone talk about the failure modes.